VERBVM SEMPITERNVM Printed at London by JO BEALY for John Hamman 1616. TO ANNA Queene of Great Britaine The Epistle GReat Queene the summe of this great little book If your high Grace will grace to euerlooke I know your goodnesse puts disdaine to flight And though detraction barke shee dares not bite IO. TAYLOR To the Reader THou that this little booke dost take in hand Before thou iudge bee sure to vnderstand And as thy kindnesse thou extend'st to me At any time I le doe as much for thee Thine IO. TAYLOR Genesis IEhouah heere of nothing all things makes And man before all things his God forsakes Yet by th' almighties mercy t was decreed Heau'ns Heire should satisfie for mans misdeed Mans age is long and all are great not good And all saue eight are drowned in the floud Old Noah second Sire to worst and best Of C ham the curst Japhet and Sem the blest Of Abrams starre-like numberlesse encrease Of of-springs of-springs and his rest in peace Of Israels going into Egypt and Of their abode and liuing in that land Of Iâ—sephs brethren faithlesse and vnkinde Of his firme faith and euer constant minde He pardons theÌ„ that did his death deuise Hesâ—es his childrens children and he dies Exodus Th' encrease of Iacobs stocke is grown past nuÌ„ber And feare of them th' Egyptian king doth cumber Who giuing credit to th'inchanters tales Commands to kill all infant Hebrew males But Moses is preserued in the riuer To be a Captaine Israel to deliuer Sterne Pharaohs Ciuel adamantine heart Will not permit Gods People to depart Ten plagues froÌ„ heau'n are on th Egyptians powrde Bloud frogs lice flies beasts scabs haile thundring showrd Grashopers darknesse death of first borne men These were th' Egyptian plagues in number ten The Isr'alites are freed and Pharohs host In chasing them are in the Red sea lost A clowde doth shrowd them from the burning day By night a firie piller guides their way The murm'ring people fearing famine railes God raines down Manna from the heau'n quailes The Law is writ in stone to Moses giuen By Gods owne hand to guid men vnto heau'n The Ceremoniall sacrifice is taught As ripes of whoÌ„ our brest redemption's wrought Leuiticus Heere man is shewd it is the almighties will To guard the good and to correct the ill The truest seruice of the highest stands In no mans fancie but as he commands And cause men are so apt from grace to swerue He shewes them here their maker how to serue The Leuite are appointed by the Lord To preach vnto his chosen flocke the word Numbers Old Iacobs blessed ofspring numbred are Their valient captaines their men of warre Curst Korah with his kinsman desp'rate Dathan And bold Abiram three sworne sonnes of Sathan Rebell gainst Moses with their tongs vnhalowed And by the earth by heau'ns iust vengance swallowed The Isralites to fell confusion brings Great Og and Sibon misbeleeuing kings Where Balaam thought to curse of force he blest And by his Asse was told how hee transgrest Fiue Midian Monarchs Iudaes host doth slay And all their spoile diuided at a pray The land of Canaan measur'd is and found That in it all things plenteous doth abound Deuteronomy This booke againe the Law of God repeates With blessings cursings techings and with threats Meeke Moses dies lies in an vnknown toome And Nunns son Iosuah doth supply his roome Joshua Great captaine Joshua great in faith and courage Through greatest dangers valiantly doth forrage He passeth Iorden with his mightie host And to the Tribes diuideth coast from coast The harlot Rabab doth preserue the spies Shee knowes the Lord that raignes aboue the skies They all passe Iorden which is parted drie Whilst they securely march inuasiuely The feare of Cananites doth much encrease Iericoes rane Manna here doth cease Vise Achan closly steales the cursed prey And Isr'els beaten from the wals of Ai. Fiue Kings are hangd and Phebus standeth still At Iosuah's prai'r whilst hee his foes did kill Iust one thirtie mighty kings were slaine Ere Isâ—â—el could in peace the land attaine Which beeing done the bloody warres doth cease Their faithfull captaine Ioshua dies in peace Iudges Iuda is captaine Anaks sonnes are slaine The Cananite as vassais doth remaine The Israelites rebell and serue strange gods And are al plagu'd with heauens correcting rods The men of Mâ—dea Isâ—â—el much doth greeue Stout Gideon comes their sorrowes to releeue And as Gods spirit doth his seruant moue He ouerthrows Baals altar and his groue A womans hand King Iabins hoste doth quaile And kiâ—de his Captaine Siâ—'ra with a naile Ahimelâ—ch by wrong the kinglome gaines A woman dasht out his ambitious braines Victorious Iphtah rashly sweares not good And endes his conquest in his daughters blood Great Samson's borne whose euer matchles streÌ„gth Orethrowes the Philistims in breadth length Faire flattering Delilah her Lord deceiues Hee 's tane himselfe himselfe of life bereaues The Beniamites abusde a Leuites wife For which all but six hundred lost their life Ruth According to the flesh this woman Ruth Was ancient Grandam to th' eternall truth And though she from the Moabites doth come It shewes th' almighty in al lands hathsome 1 Samuel The Prophet Samuel's borne Elies sonnes To sinne and flat confusion headlong runnes The Isralites are by the Lord forsaken And by the Philistines the Arke is taken The figur'd presence of this All in All Doth make the Diuâ—is inuention Dagon fall God takes his people to his loue againe The Ark's broght backe the Philistines are slaine The sons of Sam'uel wrong their Fathers trust By partial iudgements and with bribes vniust Saul seeking straying Asses findes a crowne And is anoinâ—ed King in Raman towne The fel Philistines Is'rel doth oppresse King Saul doth proudly gainst the Lord transgresse God bids kill Agag Saul will haue him spar'd His will more then his Gods hee doth regard Goliah armed leades an host from Gath Defies the Lord of Hosts prouoks his wrath Young Dauid comes and in his hand a fling And with a stone the giant downe doth ding Old Ishay son before the king's preferd And Dauid hath Sauls daughter for reward Th' ingratefull king seekes Dauids causelesse death True hearted Jonathan preserus his breath Saul leaues his God and to a Witch doth goe And so himselfe himselfe doth ouerthroe The Philistines his childrens blud did spill And with his sword king Saul king Saul did kill 2 Samuel King Dauids roiall heart is fild with woe For Ionathan Saul his friend and foe In Regall state he liues and flourisheth And loues Sauls Grandchild â—ame Mephibosheth Affection blinds him on Vrias wife T' accomplish which her husband lost his life The king's reprou'd by Nathan and repents And by repenting heau'ns high wrath preuents Incestuous Amnen Absolon doth kill For forcing Ta mar gainst her virgin will Hee 's recoÌ„cilde vnto his louing fire And prâ—udly to the kingdome doth aspire The
old king flees and ouer Iordan hies The sonne pursuing and the Father flies Achitophel himselfe hangs in dispaire And Abâ—olom dies hanged by the haiâ—e The King for his rebellious son doth mourne His people numbred are at his returne The Lord is warth the pestilence encreast That seuenty thousand dies then it ceast 1 Kings The kingly Prophet valient Dauid dies His throne is left to Salomon the wise Falfe Adoniah Ioab Shimei kild By his coÌ„mand as erst his father wild With speed hee sends for workmeÌ„ from farre coasts To build a temple to the Lord of hoasts Before or after him was neuer such That had of wisdome or of wealth so much A thousand women some wed some vnwed This wise king to Idolatry misled He dies and 's buried by his fathers toome And Rehoboam doth succeed his roome Now Israel from Iuda is diuided Both kingdoms by bad kings are badly guided Yet God to Iacobs seede doth promise keepe And raises faithfull pastors for his sheepe 2 Kings Eliah worketh wonders with his word By inspiration of the liuing Lord. Hee 's taken vp aliue and his blest spirit Doth doubly in Eâ—shaes breast inherit Some Kings do gouerne wel most gouerne ill And what the good reformes the bad doth spil Till Isrel Iuda King and kingdomes lost To great Nabuchadnezzar and his host 1 Chronicles Hâ—ere euery tribe is numbred by their names To their memorial and immortall fames And Dauids Acts t' instruct misguided men Are briefly here recorded all agen 2 Chronicles The state of Isrel Iuda and their kings This booke againe againe recordance brings Their plagues of plague of famine slau'ry sword For their contemning heau'ns Al-sauing word Manassehs praier Manasseh almost drownd in blacke dispaire Gaines mercie by repentance by praier Ezra The Persian Monach Cirus granteth leaue The Iewes once more their freedom shold receiue When at Ierusalem they make abode They all with zeale repaire the house of God Malitious men with poysnous malice fild Makes Artaxerxes hinder those that build Yet God so workes that Isrels loue zeale Resumes againe their Church and Common weale Nehemiah The booke of Ezra doth concord with this Commanding good forbidding what 's amisse And godly Nehemiah heere reformd What sinne and sathan had long time deformâ—d Ester Heere he that dwels in heauen doth deride Queene Vshty's and ambitious Hamans pride The Iewes are sau'd by Esters suit from death And Heman and his sons hangd lose their breath Poore Mordecay is held in high account And to great greatnesse humbly he doth mount Thus God doth raise all those his lawes that seeke Hee laies the lofty low exalts the meeke Iob No losse of sons and daughters goods and all Makes not this man into impatience fall Assailing sathan tempting wife false friends With perfect patience he all woes defends I naked came quoth hee into this world And naked hence againe I shall bee hurld God giues and takes according to his word And blessed euer be the liuing Lord. Psalmes The blessed kingly Prophet sweetly sings Eternall praises to the King of Kings Gods power iustice mercy fauor looke For they are coÌ„prehended in this booke Prouerbs The wisest man that euer man begot In heau'nly Prouerbs shews what 's good what not Ecclesiastes Health strength wit valour wordly wisdome pelfe Al 's nought worse then vanity it selfe Salomons song This song may well bee cald the song of songs It to the heauenly Bride and Groome belongs It truely shewes Christs loue vnto his loue His Church his wife his virgin spouse his doue Isayah This worthy Prophet truly doth foretell How Christ shal come to conquer death and hell Rewards vnto the godlie hee repeates And to the godlesse hee denounceth threats Ieremy This man of God long time before foreshoes Ierusalems Captiuity and woes Lamentations He wishes here his head a fountaine deepe That he might weepe weepe nothing else but weepe That hee might gush forth flowing streames of teares For Iuda's thraldome miserie and feares Ezechiel In Babylon this Prophet captiue is And there hee prophesies of bale and blisse How all must come to passe the Lord hath said How iudgement surely comes although delaid Daniel The Kings dark dreame the Prophet doth expouÌ„d For which hee 's highly honor'd â—â—nownd Nabuchadnezar doth an image frame Commands al pain of death t' adore the same Three godly Iews by no meanes will fall downe And for contempt are in the furnace throwne Where midst the flames vnhurt they sweetly sing Which wonder doth conuert the tyrant King Here Daniel prophecies of Christ to come Of Babel Persia Gracia and Rome Hosea He tels misgouern'd Isrdel their sinnes And how the losse of grace destruction winnes Ioel This Prophet tels the stubborne hearted Iewes How heau'ns consuming wrath apace ensues Hee therefore doth perswade theÌ„ to contrition And by contrition they shal haue remission Amos Mans thankelesse heart and gods vnmeasurd loue This Prophet doth to Isrels faces proue Obadiah He comforts Iudah ouerprest with woes And prophesies destruction of their foes Ionah Heere Ionah tels the Niniuites except Repentance wrath of heau'n doth intercept In forty daies high low rich poore great smal The Lords hot fury shal consume them all With hearts vnfaign'd the sinnefull City mournes The Lord grants mercy Ionah back returnes Micah He speakes of Isrels and of Iuda's crimes And tels them their confusion comes betimes Nabum The Niniuites againe forsake the Lord And are subdude by the Assirian sword This Prophet comforts those that are opprest And tels the godly they shall be releast Habakkuk He doth bewaile th' oppression of the poore For mercy humbly he doth God implore To keepe the captiu'd Iewes froÌ„ fell dispaire He teaches them a heauenly forme of Praier Zephaniah He fils the good with hope the bad with feare And tels the Iews their thraldome draweth neere Haggay H'exhorteth theÌ„ to patience in their paine And bids them build the temple once againe Zechariah He tels the Iews why they haue plagued been Hee bids them shun Idolatry and sinne Malachi For sin he doth reprooue both Prince and Priest And shewes the comming both of Iohn and Christ Malachy Which Christ shall be a Sauiour vnto al That with true faith obeyes his heau'nly call Apocrypha These bookes doe all in generall intimate The state of good men and the reprobate In many places they doe seeme to vary And beare a sense from Scripture quite contrary In Tobit and dame Iudith disagrees From text and Razes in the Mathabees For which the Church hath euer held it fit To place them 〈◊〉 themselues from holy writ SALVATOR MVNDI Printed at London by JO BEALE for John Hamman 1616. TO CHARLES Prince of Great Britaine The Epistle THou high-borne Of spring of the best of men To thy protection my vnlearned pen Doth creepe for shelter though my booke be small In substance t' is no lesse then all in all The Cedar shields the shrub from winters flawes And
Greatnesse guards the least froÌ„ Enuies Iawes So I the worst that in these times doe write Implores your Grace t' accept this worthlesse mite IO. TAYL OR To the Reader HEere Reader maist thou read for little cost How thou wast ransom'd when thou quite wast lost Mans gracelesnes and Gods exceeding Grace Thou heere maist read and see in little space I. T. S. Matthew LO here the blessed Sonne of God and man New borne who was before all worlds began Of heau'nly seed th' eternall liuing Rocke Of humane race of kingly Dauids stocke Our blest Redeemer whom the Prophets old In their true preachings hadso oft foretold In figures ceremonies types and trops He here fulfils their words confirms their hopes The worlds saluations sole and totall sum Poore mankinds Sauiour lesus Christ is come From maried Mary wife virgin springs This heauenly earthly supreme King of Kings Hee 's naked born in a manger laid Where he and 's mother blessed wife and maid Are by the Wise men sought and seeking found And hauing found their ioyes doe all abound Where they their loue their zeale their faith vnfold And offer inense mirre and purest gold False hearted Herod seeketh to destroy This newborne infant our eternall ioy But Ioseph by a dreame is warn'd by night T'ward Egypt with the Babe to take his flight Amongst th' Egyptians he not long soiournes But backe to Naz'reth he again returnes To end the law the Babe was circumcis'd And then by Iohn in Iorden was baptiz'd When loe the Father from his glorious throne Sends down the Holy ghost vpon his Sonne In likenes of a pure vnspotted Doue Which did his birth and baptism both approue Now subtill Sathans he attemptâ— and tempts him And fasting to the wildernesse exempts him But Iesus power the foule fiends power destroi'd Commanding Sathan hence Auoid auoid The fearful diuel doth flee Christ goes preaches And in the mountaine multitudes he teaches He said Repentance wipes away transgressings And to the godly be pronounced blessings He makes the lame to goe the blinde to see Deafe heare dumbe speake the leapers clensed be The diuels from the possessed out he draue The dead are rais'd the poore the Gospell haue Such things he doth as none but God can doe And al 's to bring his flocke his fold vnto All that are laden come to mee quoth he And I will ease you therefore come to me You of your heauie sins I doe acquit My yoke is easie and my burden's light Vpon Mount Tabor there our blest Messias Doth shew himselfe with Moses and Elias Yet all these mighty wonders that he wrought Nor al the heau'nly teachings that he taught The stiffeneck'd stubborne Iewes could not conuert But they Remain obdurate hard of heart The man quoth som by whoÌ„ these things are done It is the Carpenters poore Iosephs sonne Some said how he these things to passe did bring By power of Belzebub th' infernal king Thus with the poyson of their enuious tongues They guerdon good with ill and right with wrongs His owne not knowes him Iudas doth betray him To Annas and to Caiphas they conuey him From Caiphan back to Annas from thence Is sent this euerlasting blessed Prince Thus is this death this sin this Sathan killer Mongst sinfull wretches tost froÌ„ post to piller Hee 's flouted spitted on derided stript Hee 's most vnmercifully scourg'd and whipt By impious people hee 's blasphem'd and raild And of the Iewes in scorne as king is hail'd He like a lambe vnto his death is led Nail'd on the Crosse for man his heart-bloud shed He after three daies glorious doth arise He leaues the sinfull earth and mounts the skies But first to his Disciples hee appeares Where he their drooping halfe ded spirits cheers S. Marke S. Marke declares how blest baptiâ—ing Iohn Forerunner was of Gods eternall Sonne Which Iohn in wildernesse baptises teaches And of contrition and remission preaches Our Sauiour â—alles no Pharises or Scribes Or princely people out of Iudahâ— Tribes But Simon Andrew Iames and Iohn are those Poore toiling Fishermen which Iesus chose To shew that with the humblest smallest things God greatest matters to perfection brings By sundry wondrous works our Sauiour Iesus From sin and Sathan lab'reth to release vs. And in requitall the vngratefull Iewes Deuise their blest Redeemer to abuse Some inwardly doe hate him some belye him His seruants all forsake him or deny him But Peter thou wast blest in thy deniall Of thy presuming thou hast found the triall Repentance washt away thy frailties crimes And thou a patterne art to after-times The sonne and heire of neuer fading heau'n Into the hands of sinful men is giuen Hee dies hee 's buried in glorie rises Triumphing ouer all his foes deuices S. Luke Heere Marie and old Zacharias sings In ioyfull manner to the King of Kings And aged Simeon in his armes doth take The Lord of life and doth reioycings make Christ teaches preaches mercy vnto all That by amendment will for mercie call Hee 's tane and by false witnesses accus'd Hee 's beaten scoffed scorned and abus'd Hee 's hang'd vpon the Crosse betwixt two theeues The one doth raile on him and one beleeues He dies hee 's buried rising he doth quell And conquer al â—is foes sin death and hell S. Iohn In the beginning was th' eternall word The word with God was and that word the Lord. In the beginning the same word with God Was and for euer hath with him aboad With it was al things made and made was noughâ— Without this word the which was made or wrought Here Christs diuinitie is told by Iohn The blessed Trinity one three three one How God had now perform'd the oth he swore To Abram and to Israel long before How Christ should come to ransome Adams losse And satisfie Gods iustice on the Crosse Though times and places far in sunder be Yet Prophets and Euangelists agree In Iesus birth his doctrine life and death Whereby our dying soules gaines liuing breath If all things should be writ which erst was don By Iesus Christ Gods euerlasting Sonne From Cratch to Crosse froÌ„ cradle to his tombe To hold the books the world would scarce be roome Acts. Th' Apostles praising God and singing songs The holy Ghost in firy clouen tongues Descends vpon them who are all inspir'd With learned laÌ„guages adorn'd admir'd Saint Peter preaching telles the people plaine How they the liuing Lord of life had slaine Some flout and mocke remaining stubborne harted And many soules peruerted are coÌ„uerted The Church encreases daily nuÌ„bers comes And to the Gospels furthring â—iues great sums False Ananias and his faithlesse wife In dreadful maner lost their wretched life The enuiâ—us people stone the martyr Steuen He praying for his foes leaues earth for heauen The Churches archfoe persecuting Saul Is made a conuert and a preaching Paul He 's clapt in prison manacled fetter'd And through his troubles stil his zeale is